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100 albums of 2021 you shouldn’t miss, plus playlist
In a moment a folly, I (not me and my editorial team, or my writers, or indeed anyone) decided to make a playlist of the year. Not one of those in order ones, just a playlist of good records, written by the esteemed writers here at Backseat Mafia. I don’t know what possessed me to …
ALBUM REVIEW: Madlib – ‘Sound Ancestors’: beats genii’s wide-eyed, wide-open odyssey
Madlib’s Sound Ancestors, produced by Four Tet, is the beats genii’s wide-eyed, wide-open odyssey. Like a fractal pattern, the deeper you focus and the more you pull out, the more you see
Track: Loyle Carner – Yesterday
Loyle Carner returns with his first single and video of 2020, ‘Yesterday’, out today via Republic Records. ‘Yesterday’ also features critically acclaimed producer, Madlib, providing the beats that sit under Loyle’s inimitable flow and uncompromising verses. Loyle comments: “It’s no secret Madlib is my musical hero. I wrote this almost 2 years ago, but at first had …
ALBUM REVIEW: The Heliocentrics – ‘Telemetric Sounds’: trippy as hell Afro-psych grooves
THE HELIOCENTRICS have been working away on a rarified astral plane of musical fusion for more than a decade and a half now – and frankly, if you’re a crate-digger on any kind of level, whose musical tastes range multifariously, they’re the kind of band whose wax should be sat in that little favoured stack …
Droppin’ Knowledge: Watch: Freddie Gibbs, Madlib and El Michels Affair Tear It Up At The Diamond Mine Sessions
If the world has got you down or quarantining is making you climb the walls, Freddie Gibbs, Madlib and El Michels Affair are here to raise your spirits. Gibbs, the gritty Gary, Indiana emcee, who now lives in Los Angeles, and the legendary producer, rapper and multi-instrumentalist Madlib, have formed a fruitful partnership over the …